Mumbai, Mar 23 (IBNS): Actress Kangana Ranaut will essay the role of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister late J Jayalalithaa in the latter's upcoming biopic.
The biopic has been written by KV Vijayendra Prasad and directed by AL Vijay.
The film will be released in two languages- Tamil and Hindi- titled as Thalaivi and Jaya.
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted, "Kangana Ranaut to play Jayalalithaa... Biopic will be made in two languages. Titled #Thalaivi in Tamil and #Jaya in Hindi... Directed by AL Vijay... Written by KV Vijayendra Prasad [#Baahubali and #Manikarnika]... Produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shaailesh R Singh."
#BigNews: Kangana Ranaut to play Jayalalithaa... Biopic will be made in two languages. Titled #Thalaivi in Tamil and #Jaya in Hindi... Directed by AL Vijay... Written by KV Vijayendra Prasad [#Baahubali and #Manikarnika]... Produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shaailesh R Singh.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) March 23, 2019
Jayalalithaa, who served five terms as the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, died in 2016 at the age of 68.
Before joining politics, she was a top actress in the Tamil film industry.
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